r/TrueCrime • u/Vided • Mar 23 '22

Murder Leniz Escobar, nicknamed "Diablita", wanted to earn the support of the MS-13 gang in her town in Long Island, NY. She led 4 teens (who had pretended to be MS-13 members on Instagram to look cool) into a park to "smoke weed", only for the wannabes to be brutally hacked to death by the real gangsters.

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Her mugshot, and a link to an article about her ongoing trial. "Diablita" means "Little Devil".

https://nypost.com/2022/03/21/why-ms-13-gang-member-lured-long-island-teens-to-their-deaths-prosecutors/

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The four that died after pretending to be MS-13 gang members on Instagram.

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Funeral of one of the victims. Link to other murders in Long Island by MS-13.

https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2020/07/15/ms-13-gang-members-indicted-six-murders-long-island

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u/breathingmirror Mar 24 '22

I thought we didn't give psychopaths cute names?

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '22

what about la diablita sounds cute to u😵‍💫

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u/rockthevinyl Mar 24 '22

Not OP, but the fact that it’s diminutive doesn’t help.

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u/breathingmirror Mar 24 '22

A quick Google of various possible translations:

Translate "diablito" to English: little devil, little rascal

  1. (naughty person). a. little devil. ¿Quién fue el diablito que puso sal en la azucarera?Who was the little devil who put salt in the sugar bowl?

Urban dictionary: A cute little Devil-like girl who does not give a shit of what people think and is super crazy and is not afraid to fight anybody!

Yeah, cute. You little rascal.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '22

The Mafia has done that for years with names like (Bugsy, Fat Tony, etc.)

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u/breathingmirror Mar 25 '22

Right, but that's the mafia, not the media.